Monday, September 13, 2010

The Talent Pool...

The Mouse has a lot of big named talent developing projects right now...

The verdict on Rich Ross is still out and it'll be a year or more before we start seeing the results of his taste, but I'm quite surprised and curious as to the people that he's attached to films in the Disney future. Examples? Just off my fading memory:

20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea - I would have never thought that DavidFincher would adapt a family film classic like this with a script by screenwriter Scott Burns.

Oz the Great and Powerful - SamRaimi is in line to direct this reinterpretation of the L. Frank Baum classic by Mitchell Kapner, that tells the story of how the Wizard became the Wizard. Currently, the script is being rewritten.

The Black Hole - the re-envisioning of the cult Disney film, again by JosephKosinski, with TravisBeacham writing the new interpretation of the project.

The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made - the dream project of JasonSegel, who is writing and will co-star with the famous frog and friends. The name is not final, nor financially accurate, btw.

John Carter of Mars - the adaptation of the classic sci-fi film, directed by AndrewStanton with a screenplay by MichaelChabon and Stanton.

Frankenweenie - the full feature envisioning of TimBurton's short film made while working at Walt Disney Studios in the late 70's/early 80's. Instead of live action, it'll be a stop motion feature in line with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" or "Corpse Bride." Hopefully, it'll be closer to Nightmare than Bride.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - the fourth of the Pirates series featuring the further adventures of Captain Jack as he searches for the Fountain of Youth and dodges a flame from the past and her overly protective father (Blackbeard). RobMarshall directs the film with a script by original screenwriters TerryRossio and TedElliott.